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English Dictionary: dextral by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dextral
adj
  1. of or on the right; "a dextral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the right when facing the observer"; "a dextral flatfish lies with the right eye uppermost"
    Antonym(s): sinistral
  2. preferring to use right foot or hand or eye; "dextral individuals exhibit dominance of the right hand and eye"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dextral \Dex"tral\, a. [From {Dexter}.]
      Right, as opposed to sinistral, or left.
  
      {Dextral shell} (Zo[94]l.), a spiral shell the whorls of
            which turn from left right, or like the hands of a watch
            when the apex of the spire is toward the eye of the
            observer.
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